Staff The annual Fort Frances men’s bonpiel goes this weekend and organizers are looking for a couple more teams to round out a 32-rink field. Those interested are asked to sign up with Rick at the Fort Frances Curling Club (274-6667). The opening draw is set for Friday at 4 […]
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Joey Payeur With the Major League Baseball season opening in less than two weeks, those who enjoy the delights of the diamond soon will have their hunger for the grand old game satisfied. The same can be said for those of the younger generation here in the Rainy River district. […]
Joey Payeur Teams that want to participate in the seventh-annual Emo Walleye Classic in May may be left standing on the dock if they don’t get their money on the table in short order. The registration deadline for the EWC is this Monday (March 30), with all teams needing to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Badminton Club will be hosting its annual invitational tournament this Friday to Sunday (March 27-29) at Fort High. Action opens Friday from 7-10 p.m. with singles matches, then continues all Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. with more singles’ and doubles’ action. A social will follow that […]
Joey Payeur Some on-court digging yielded a treasure of silver for a pair of local badminton players at the Manitoba Junior Open this past weekend in Winnipeg. Anika Alexander, 12, proved herself worthy against more experienced competition to earn silver in the combined under-12/under-14 girls’ singles division. Meanwhile, her older […]
Mitch Calvert The local Bantam boys’ curling rink put in a courageous effort at the provincial championship in Sudbury last weekend despite being without skip Isaac Keffer, but fell one win short in a bid to advance to Sunday’s Page playoffs. The foursome finished the round-robin at 3-2 in a […]
Mitch Calvert Wanted: young hockey players. The Source for Sports Canadian Hockey Skills Challenge is taking place in more than 60 markets across Canada this year with more than $20,000 in prizes up for grabs—and Fort Frances players have as good a shot as anybody. The local competition, presented by […]
Mitch Calvert NORTH BAY—We made it! After surviving an 18-hour bus ride that started Sunday at 10 p.m. in Fort Frances and ended yesterday at 5 p.m. (local time) in North Bay, the Muskie boys’ hockey team can now turn its attention to preparing to face third-ranked Upper Canada College […]
Mitch Calvert Home ice will need to be an advantage for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres as they return to the Ice for Kids Arena this coming weekend down 2-0 in their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Thunder Bay Bearcats. The Bearcats clipped the Sabres 2-1 last night after winning […]
Mitch Calvert This should get interesting. After sweeping the last-place Sioux Lookout Flyers in their best-of-five quarter-final series, the intensity has shot up several notches for the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres as they prepare for their best-of-seven semi-final showdown against the second-place Thunder Bay Bearcats. The first two games go […]
Staff The local Bantam boys’ curling rink got off to a good start yesterday at the provincial championship despite being without skip Isaac Keffer. Keffer is in Italy with the Fort Frances High School band, but Ethan Jordbro stepped in and carried the load along with teammates Peter Jensen, Cody […]
the MNR Three U.S. residents have been fined after trying to smuggle live bait into Ontario through the Canada Customs entry station on Sand Point Lake in Rainy River District. William W. Timpe, 72, of Crystal Lake, Ill., was fined $880 for bringing roughly five pounds of live leeches into […]
